A wonderful 10 members came together this morning to enjoy a walk around the Shatterford area of The Forest: more than double my expectation. Great!
Carefully crossing the railway bridge by the Drift Inn we were soon striding out over the heathland in bright sunshine, chatting and laughing along the way. A skylark was soon spotted above us trilling away, probably a warning if we were too close to its nest. Then over a wooden bridge which had a pool of water to one side big enough to contain water lilies. There were also one or two dragonflies flying lazily backwards and forwards over it. Some of us heard a strange low sound in the area but, despite some hard looking, we couldn’t discover its origin.
We plodded on along footpaths and grass tracks, through woodland and over more bridges also some dried out (thank goodness) boggy areas before we circled back to reach the car park about an hour and a half from our set-off time.
Thanks to all of you who came along and made it a most enjoyable morning. I understand that Ingrid is proposing a longer walk on the 16th June incorporating a stop at Annie’s tea rooms near Minstead (Mmmmmm. Yum yum). Let’s hope that that thought is an incentive for even greater numbers to join in.
